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but in the other states that you see, nevada colorado florida, and virginia we are still waiting and we are ve open to the results of an concession speech maybe people should stay in line now to win the popular vote as well as the ee lk torllectoral vote. >> we stay in the line anyway. >> we agr stay electoral vote tally according to the projections of the various states are 274 for barack obama and 3 for mitt romney. vb49/49 with only a couple hundred thousand votes between the two candidates. we're going to take a quick break. comments are expected from mitt romney. now with the romney campaign refusing to concede ohio w to happen. we'll keep you posted. we'll be right back. cf:$ >>>arack obama. still up in theve. colorado for president obama. steve schmidt, what do you think? this is one more move towards maybe not needing ohio. >> this is another state whenp& you look at the numbers in colorado see the impacti mitt romney in a very bad way in that state. republicans had high hopes in colorado. >> we're getting all of this now and we still haven't heard from virginia yet and we ha
but in the other states that you see, nevada colorado florida, and virginia we are still waiting and we are ve open to the results of an concession speech maybe people should stay in line now to win the popular vote as well as the ee lk torllectoral vote. >> we stay in the line anyway. >> we agr stay electoral vote tally according to the projections of the various states are 274 for barack obama and 3 for mitt romney. vb49/49 with only a couple hundred thousand votes between the two...
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nevada elects its first african-american congressman this year. america gets our first openly gay united states senator. america gets our first-ever asian american woman senator from hawaii. her seat in the house, i should note, gets filled by this woman, a democratic iraq war veteran. time going to tell you right now that her name is tulsy gabboard, because she is on the fast track to being very famous some day. speaking of iraq war veterans, tammy duckworth, veteran helicopter pilot, lost both her legs in congress, she is going to congress and sending home the opponent who mocked her for her war record, joe walsh. california relaxed its three strikes you're out law and rejected a law to cripple the power of unions. criminal legalization of marijuana was approved in washington and montana. sherrod brown and jon tester both won, held on to their seats. democrats won a senate seat in north dakota, of all places, a seat that nobody thought they could win. all of these states that had this hugely aggressive total republican takeover from the 2010 ele
nevada elects its first african-american congressman this year. america gets our first openly gay united states senator. america gets our first-ever asian american woman senator from hawaii. her seat in the house, i should note, gets filled by this woman, a democratic iraq war veteran. time going to tell you right now that her name is tulsy gabboard, because she is on the fast track to being very famous some day. speaking of iraq war veterans, tammy duckworth, veteran helicopter pilot, lost...
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these races all the time and i'm con founded by, to me, so many races like massachusetts, connecticut, nevada, certainly montana, north dakota, missouri, are all to me within the margin of error. they all look close. >> yeah, it's kind of interesting, chris, because i think congresswoman baldwin has benefitted from this. as you've seen over the last 2 1/2, 3 weeks, move nationally at the presidential level and in swing states to president obama, you've seen down ballot, tim kaine in virginia, tammy baldwin in wisconsin move as well. what's interesting, as you mentioned, connecticut, to be honest, i did not think -- i'm from connecticut. linda mcmahon is republican nominee, she ran in 2010 and lost in a very good republican year. she's remarkably close at the moment to the congressman chris murphy, which you wouldn't think, given the last couple of weeks. i mean, broadly senate candidates have benefitted but there are exception. >> is that women saying it's about time we have a woman in senate from connecticut? i think she can win. i want to remind people as i did to some of our producers toda
these races all the time and i'm con founded by, to me, so many races like massachusetts, connecticut, nevada, certainly montana, north dakota, missouri, are all to me within the margin of error. they all look close. >> yeah, it's kind of interesting, chris, because i think congresswoman baldwin has benefitted from this. as you've seen over the last 2 1/2, 3 weeks, move nationally at the presidential level and in swing states to president obama, you've seen down ballot, tim kaine in...
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the labor movement fought in every corner, arguing from virginia to nevada, from new hampshire to ohio. we had people on the ground. we had lawyers that were there. we had just in our case, 2,900 workplace coordinators. 18,000 visits and shift hours were done in two weeks. we did a million phone calls. that wasn't me doing that. those were ordinary people who earned a wage, who said that this was something that they wanted too. and i think it was important. our kids and our grandkids, ed, deserve at least the same shot in life as we had and that's what president obama's given us. >> i mean, you had boots on the ground, and it's all the unions. it's a plethora of them, teamsters, cwa, all of them, amalgamated, they all worked. i mean, wisconsin, michigan, ohio, wenls. can we say that labor delivered president obama a second term? >> i think labor absolutely delivered president obama a second term, with our ground game. and i've got to say, every union did the same kind of work that we're doing. i mean, you take the union that represents bus drivers, they were talking to every person who
the labor movement fought in every corner, arguing from virginia to nevada, from new hampshire to ohio. we had people on the ground. we had lawyers that were there. we had just in our case, 2,900 workplace coordinators. 18,000 visits and shift hours were done in two weeks. we did a million phone calls. that wasn't me doing that. those were ordinary people who earned a wage, who said that this was something that they wanted too. and i think it was important. our kids and our grandkids, ed,...
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you have dean heller in nevada, tight race says i just don't view the world the same way as governor romney. scott brown has a big debate tonight with elizabeth warren. elsd that's not the view he had of the world here. we talked about four gop candidates distancing themselves from romney. the list goes on and on here. you know this game better than anyone else. how confident are you that democrats -- i don't want to use the word capitalize because it seems exploitive, but in the end draw a line between the republican party leader, the nominee, and the entire democratic party who don't subscribe to this same view? >> no, there's no question. p if you're out there and you're republican and you're in a blue or purple state like nevada, you've got to draw some distinctions and make it clear that you don't agree with the front-runner and your ticket. the presidential election, if let's say president obama carries the state, that doesn't guarantee that the democratic senate candidate wins. but it makes it a lot harder for a republican to buck the trend. if president obama wins some states
you have dean heller in nevada, tight race says i just don't view the world the same way as governor romney. scott brown has a big debate tonight with elizabeth warren. elsd that's not the view he had of the world here. we talked about four gop candidates distancing themselves from romney. the list goes on and on here. you know this game better than anyone else. how confident are you that democrats -- i don't want to use the word capitalize because it seems exploitive, but in the end draw a...
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the nevada senator dean heller. he says he should not be the standard bearer for the missouri gop. and charlie summers. as a husband and a father, i found representative akin's comments shockingly offensive. he should resign effective immediately. and the party apparatus came crashing down on akin's head. first karl rove's group. they had a new round of ads scheduled to start wednesday. they announced they're pulling the buy for good. senator john kor anyone announced that nrsc would also pull their support. over the next 24 hours congressman akin should consider what is best for him, his family, the republican party and the values that he has fought for throughout his career. then he went on the best known station in missouri, kmox to make it crystal clear the gop wants akin out. >> we have victory centers and volunteers that do work around missouri. i told them to take congressman akin off the script today. i think he's got to think long and hard about this. if it was me, i wouldn't have said anything that dumb to begin with. if it was me, i would definitely end my run for senate
the nevada senator dean heller. he says he should not be the standard bearer for the missouri gop. and charlie summers. as a husband and a father, i found representative akin's comments shockingly offensive. he should resign effective immediately. and the party apparatus came crashing down on akin's head. first karl rove's group. they had a new round of ads scheduled to start wednesday. they announced they're pulling the buy for good. senator john kor anyone announced that nrsc would also pull...
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he was already campaigning out in nevada. because nevada is a caucus state, ron paul has a caucus state strategy. it was florida's him being in nevada made sense. in colorado, minnesota and missouri, where was mitt romney? he was in colorado, that was awkward because him being in colorado meant he expected to win in colorado and he did not win in colorado. then the matter of him not being able to fill the room he was in in colorado. on the night of michigan and arizona while mitt romney and rick santorum were both in michigan awaiting those results, where was newt gingrich? he was in georgia. newt gingrich knowing that he would frankly tank in michigan an arizona and knowing he needs to win his home state of georgia in order to make a credible case for staying in the race. where you are on an election night speaks volumes about your campaign strategy and expectations. tomorrow night on super tuesday, rick santorum will watch the returns come in the super tuesday returns, he will be watching those returns come in from a place
he was already campaigning out in nevada. because nevada is a caucus state, ron paul has a caucus state strategy. it was florida's him being in nevada made sense. in colorado, minnesota and missouri, where was mitt romney? he was in colorado, that was awkward because him being in colorado meant he expected to win in colorado and he did not win in colorado. then the matter of him not being able to fill the room he was in in colorado. on the night of michigan and arizona while mitt romney and...
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he's behind in ohio, wisconsin, iowa, nevada. you know, i'm not sure this is so safe, but it's probably the safest course for him. >> well, i think bret bear is pretty good in that interview. one reason romney might steer clear of sit-down interviews, he's been barraged with questions about senate candidate richard mourdock. take a look. >> governor, do you wish mourdock would pull that ad? >> which way are we going? >> governor, do you disavow mourdock's comments on the rape? >> thank you. >> governor, do you disavow murdoch's comments on the rape? >> what do you make of that, doug? of it seems to me that he has that wonderful immutability to just say i'm turning on the mute button, i'm not saying nothing, live with it. >> he's been taking a lot of pages from ronald reagan. remember when reagan would walk in and he couldn't hear, would have to cup his ear and wouldn't answer questions. in the third debate we saw a lot of reagan in mitt romney in the since of talking about peace and being genial. this is a candidate now who reali
he's behind in ohio, wisconsin, iowa, nevada. you know, i'm not sure this is so safe, but it's probably the safest course for him. >> well, i think bret bear is pretty good in that interview. one reason romney might steer clear of sit-down interviews, he's been barraged with questions about senate candidate richard mourdock. take a look. >> governor, do you wish mourdock would pull that ad? >> which way are we going? >> governor, do you disavow mourdock's comments on the...
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mario hirono and shelly berkeley neck and neck in nevada. all of these women are giving democrats have a fighting chance. well, i guess we could say four or five months ago we wouldn't be here having some conversation. but it's been the war on women. it's been the middle class. the 47% comment. there's a host of things out there. but it is really having a down ballot effect. how scary is it, you think, michelle, right now, for the republicans that this will just blow up in their face? >> well i think what is scary is that a couple of these races, as you said, are races they shouldn't be losing. the todd aiken race most obviously. but even wisconsin. even a lot of people who admire tammy baldwin thought when tommy thompson won the primary, very popular former governor with a kind of moderate reputation, they thought she was in a lot of trouble and instead she really pulling ahead. >> when you see kelly, the number of democratic female candidates doing well, is z this help the president? this is the image business. what does it look like? >> a
mario hirono and shelly berkeley neck and neck in nevada. all of these women are giving democrats have a fighting chance. well, i guess we could say four or five months ago we wouldn't be here having some conversation. but it's been the war on women. it's been the middle class. the 47% comment. there's a host of things out there. but it is really having a down ballot effect. how scary is it, you think, michelle, right now, for the republicans that this will just blow up in their face? >>...
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and more recently another 16 months at a residential placement facility in nevada. when he didn't return to his placement in nevada after a weekend home pass, ricky was picked up on a bench warrant. >> one of my boys, he got shot. i had to take him to the hospital. they ran my name at the hospital. i still had a warrant for placement. >> though he is now 18 and technically an adult, he will have to face the juvenile court one final time. >> when i think about sitting in the juvenile. i'm 18. as soon as i get out of here i'm on my own. a lot of younger kids are going home to mommy and daddy. i'm going back to the streets. i ain't going to lie or tell a fairytale. i'm going back to the streets. >> ricky began looking for kinship and guidance on the streets before he was even a teenager. >> my dad was incarcerated. i didn't know him. my mom got incarcerated when i was like 8 or 9. i was hanging out with older people, 17, 18 years old. páever i had to put food in my stomach.i had to put food in my >> with over a decade of experience shooting inside the criminal justice
and more recently another 16 months at a residential placement facility in nevada. when he didn't return to his placement in nevada after a weekend home pass, ricky was picked up on a bench warrant. >> one of my boys, he got shot. i had to take him to the hospital. they ran my name at the hospital. i still had a warrant for placement. >> though he is now 18 and technically an adult, he will have to face the juvenile court one final time. >> when i think about sitting in the...
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. >> you were scheduled to return to nevada. why didn't you go back? what was it that made you make the poor choice to not return? >> i was already there for 16 months. it was only, like, a seven or eight-month program. it was my fault that i was there for 16 months. i was messing up when i first got there. i did complete every aspect of the program. sports, vocation, school, i completed everything. i asked when i was going to get released. i was told september 1st, and i just felt like that's -- september 1st, that's another 4 months away. i was like, i've already been here double the time you're supposed to be here, so that's why i ran. >> so why is it the program turned out to be double for you? >> because i wasn't working my program, your honor. i had an anger issue, and i just -- i couldn't control my anger. i couldn't control the things that i was doing. i was just snapping off. sometimes i wasn't taking my medication, and it just -- it caused a real problem for me. >> so you made the decision, then, that you weren't going to go back because you
. >> you were scheduled to return to nevada. why didn't you go back? what was it that made you make the poor choice to not return? >> i was already there for 16 months. it was only, like, a seven or eight-month program. it was my fault that i was there for 16 months. i was messing up when i first got there. i did complete every aspect of the program. sports, vocation, school, i completed everything. i asked when i was going to get released. i was told september 1st, and i just felt...
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. >> jay carney said it was the republican governors of utah and nevada who had originally requested the waiver policy. the pro-obama super pac priorities usa action is continuing the focus on romney's record at bain capital. it will be airing this ad as part of a $20 million campaign attacking romney's battleground in private equity. take a look. >> when mitt romney and bain closed the plan i lost my health care. and my family lost their health care. and a short time after that, my wife became ill. i don't know how long she was sick. and i think maybe she didn't say anything because she knew that we couldn't afford the insurance. and then one day, she became ill. and then i took her up to the jackson county hospital. and admitted her for pneumonia. that's when they found the cancer. by then it was stage iv. there was nothing they could do for her. and she passed away in 22 days. i do not think mitt romney realizes what he's done to anyone. and furthermore, i do not think mitt romney is concerned. >> priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> if the
. >> jay carney said it was the republican governors of utah and nevada who had originally requested the waiver policy. the pro-obama super pac priorities usa action is continuing the focus on romney's record at bain capital. it will be airing this ad as part of a $20 million campaign attacking romney's battleground in private equity. take a look. >> when mitt romney and bain closed the plan i lost my health care. and my family lost their health care. and a short time after that, my...
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and we think we probably won in nevada, because we're counting the precinct votes. the only thing that i might add there is nothing wrong or deceptive about this, anybody can stay. woody allen says 80% of success is showing up. our people show up. and they have a right to do that, and they are committed, and so they are running as delegates at the precinct level to the county convention where they will again run as delegates from the county convention to the state convention. >> are they being open at the precinct level, are they being open about the fact they will support ron paul no matter what happened at the caucus or is this sort of a sneak attack strategy? >> no, they are open. anybody can stay, and anybody can vote, in fact, the party is resisting this as often as they can. there have been occasions where they dismissed the meeting and relocate in another place to try to keep our people from participating. there are verbal memos that come down from the campaign in minnesota there was a verbal memo, they don't care to put it in print in which they told all the
and we think we probably won in nevada, because we're counting the precinct votes. the only thing that i might add there is nothing wrong or deceptive about this, anybody can stay. woody allen says 80% of success is showing up. our people show up. and they have a right to do that, and they are committed, and so they are running as delegates at the precinct level to the county convention where they will again run as delegates from the county convention to the state convention. >> are they...
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vote victory where they put together a combination of the states chuck mentioned, iowa, wisconsin, and nevada and romney can't get to 270 and they sweat out a tough race, negative race. they grind it down and they get 275. or in the next couple days here we do see that national swing and romney does make sort of huge -- >> and sweeps it. >> at what point does it become a popular vote election? >> if romney moves. it could happen. it would only happen in the romney direction. >> if he has a strong movement the next two weeks that he had two weeks ago -- >> correct. >> is he a winner? >> it's hard to madge -- absolutely, yes. >> let's look at the president today. let's look at the daily show. the president tried to sell -- good job. i'm not sure he's done yet. let's watch. >> four years ago i said i'd end the war in iraq. we did. said i would pass health care reforms make sure people don't go bankrupt when they get sick. we have. said we had refocus on al qaeda. we have. made sure that we saved an auto industry that was on the brink of collapse. we've done that. so we've got a very strong story
vote victory where they put together a combination of the states chuck mentioned, iowa, wisconsin, and nevada and romney can't get to 270 and they sweat out a tough race, negative race. they grind it down and they get 275. or in the next couple days here we do see that national swing and romney does make sort of huge -- >> and sweeps it. >> at what point does it become a popular vote election? >> if romney moves. it could happen. it would only happen in the romney direction....
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so we're also looking at tight races in places like nevada, wisconsin, virginia. we got a handful of really tight races only won by a point or two. >> what about ohio? >> you know, very interesting. the parties have been looking at very different polling between democrat sherrod brown and republican josh mandell. democrats are not worried about sherrod brown. but republicans say we show it much closer. i suspect though, brown pulls it out. >> in the house, in florida particularly, you have some really controversial candidates. one is very outspoken tea party republican allen west and the other is allen grayson, running to return to the house. >> any state that could elect either one is an accepting and forgiving electorate or they can't make up their minds. allen west has actually put up his opponent's mug shot from when he was 19 years old and that's unprecedented. most tea party representatives, no matter how controversial they are, will be re-elected. >> what about harry reid in nevada? we've seen that he has a machine in nevada and can deliver. >> he has spent
so we're also looking at tight races in places like nevada, wisconsin, virginia. we got a handful of really tight races only won by a point or two. >> what about ohio? >> you know, very interesting. the parties have been looking at very different polling between democrat sherrod brown and republican josh mandell. democrats are not worried about sherrod brown. but republicans say we show it much closer. i suspect though, brown pulls it out. >> in the house, in florida...
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. >> nevada. >> nevada. close but to dean heller. >> all right. next one? >> ohio. it's closed up but brown wins. >> brown wins. does he outperform the president by what, two points? >> i don't know. yeah, yeah. >> if you were to guess, it's going to be a tight race? >> florida, nelson beats mak. then we get to virginia. >> where are you there? >> i guess i would give kane maybe a tiny finger on the scale. >> give it to blue? give it to blue? >> i don't know. >> we'll put it there for now. we can change it back. that gets us through the presidential toss-ups. let's go to the red states if you will. these are a ton of great senate races, let's start with arizona. >> flake wins. >> flake wins. >> montana, that's scary. everybody, both sides say it's really too close. >> the libertarian candidate is going to make the winning number. it could. >> i guess he gets a couple. this guy john tester up a point or two and the question is does that save him? let's do edge tester. >> all right. next one? north dakota right next door. >> north dakota, i think berg wins. it's very,
. >> nevada. >> nevada. close but to dean heller. >> all right. next one? >> ohio. it's closed up but brown wins. >> brown wins. does he outperform the president by what, two points? >> i don't know. yeah, yeah. >> if you were to guess, it's going to be a tight race? >> florida, nelson beats mak. then we get to virginia. >> where are you there? >> i guess i would give kane maybe a tiny finger on the scale. >> give it to blue?...
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not nevada? i hear nevada all the time and it makes me crazy! >> it makes us crazy here! >> all right. sue lowden, many thanks for your time. >> nice to be here. >> the best of office politics including what mitt romney and president obama have in common. we will have it for you here on "weekends with alex witt." when bp made a commitment to the gulf, we knew it would take time, but we were determined to see it through. today, while our work continues, i want to update you on the progress: bp has set aside 20 billion dollars to fund economic and environmental recovery. we're paying for all spill- related clean-up costs. and we've established a 500 million dollar fund so independent scientists can study the gulf's wildlife and environment for ten years. thousands of environmental samples from across the gulf have been analyzed by independent labs under the direction of the us coast guard. i'm glad to report all beaches and waters are open for everyone to enjoy. and the economy is showing progress with many areas on the gulf coast having their best tourism seasons in years.
not nevada? i hear nevada all the time and it makes me crazy! >> it makes us crazy here! >> all right. sue lowden, many thanks for your time. >> nice to be here. >> the best of office politics including what mitt romney and president obama have in common. we will have it for you here on "weekends with alex witt." when bp made a commitment to the gulf, we knew it would take time, but we were determined to see it through. today, while our work continues, i want...
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nevada, underperforming economy. you would assume then that maybe new hampshire could come through for him, sort of a little home state -- one of his home state loves and then banking on paul ryan. what does that leave? this is what i've been telling people for a while. if this race narrows and it's a 50/50 contest and it gets down to a 2004 competition, it will be virginia that will be the last state to move in his direction, if you will if things are moving or mitt romney, the last one to go into his column. it's a state that demographically, i think favors the president. higher african-american turnout. a growing latino population. the northern virginia suburbs, more dominant than others. a lot of federal workers don't discount that but there are a lot of republican leadings in the state and they have always found themselves to be a little more turned off by more liberal views of the democratic party and things like that. i think if you look at everything, here if this race narrows, the romney makes a comeback aft
nevada, underperforming economy. you would assume then that maybe new hampshire could come through for him, sort of a little home state -- one of his home state loves and then banking on paul ryan. what does that leave? this is what i've been telling people for a while. if this race narrows and it's a 50/50 contest and it gets down to a 2004 competition, it will be virginia that will be the last state to move in his direction, if you will if things are moving or mitt romney, the last one to go...
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no surprise, nevada hands mitt romney a big win. the state earns a big black mark as they may be counting some of the votes. newt gingrich vows to take it to the convention or at least until texas. does the low turn out reveal an enthusiasm problem with conservatives? syrian troops vowing to keep up the onslaught by russia and china and blocked the un resolution and the crack down entered a dangerous new phase. this is the daily run dun and a lot to get to. i'm chuck todd. congratulations to the giants. i am glad mike bradshaw. president obama made his case for a second term in the super bowl interview with matt lauer. the president responded to critics who are frustrate and said change had not happened quickly enough. >> turns out that our founders designed a system that makes it more difficult to bring about change than i would like sometimes, but what we have been able to do is move in the right direction. i will keep on plotting away, very persistent, and one of the things about being president is you get better as time goes on.
no surprise, nevada hands mitt romney a big win. the state earns a big black mark as they may be counting some of the votes. newt gingrich vows to take it to the convention or at least until texas. does the low turn out reveal an enthusiasm problem with conservatives? syrian troops vowing to keep up the onslaught by russia and china and blocked the un resolution and the crack down entered a dangerous new phase. this is the daily run dun and a lot to get to. i'm chuck todd. congratulations to...
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president obama is also maintaining his lead in nevada. in iowa, president obama is still ahead. the national average is closer, but president obama has been on the rise there as well. so early voting has been going on for weeks now. in some states, and there are some interesting numbers on party breakdown of early voters so far. now, most early voters have been identified as democrats in ohio, nevada, iowa, florida, and north carolina according to the associated press. republicans have the edge in colorado. let's turn to bob shrum, professor of public policy at nyu and contributor to the daily beast. great to have you with us tonight. let's leave the names out of it for a moment. obama and romney. let's just take candidate a and candidate b. who would you want to be right now with the numbers playing? >> you would want to be candidate a assuming that's the unmentionable who is the president of the united states. he has a lot of roots to 270 electoral votes. if you look at candidate b, candidate b isn't even going to florida in the next few days. you can interpret that in one of
president obama is also maintaining his lead in nevada. in iowa, president obama is still ahead. the national average is closer, but president obama has been on the rise there as well. so early voting has been going on for weeks now. in some states, and there are some interesting numbers on party breakdown of early voters so far. now, most early voters have been identified as democrats in ohio, nevada, iowa, florida, and north carolina according to the associated press. republicans have the...
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missouri, indiana, north dakota, arizona, and nevada and maine. >> right. >> six states where tea party candidates won the primary and in indiana, if richard luger had beaten in the primary, there would be no race in the fall. the democrats would have no chance. but because tea party candidates prevailed in that state, there's a chance that -- five of them would be pickups. clair mack kccaskill who everyo assumed was dead. >> based on current polling, i don't think one can say that it is now out of the question that we can wake up on the morning of november 7th to the prospect of speaker nancy pelosi. that's astounding for bill kristol to be saying. >> yes. the tea party itself is unfavorable. there are fewer people who identify as members of the tea party. you have house members of the tea party caucus now creating a congress that has record low approval rating. house members are in districts where the tea party is unfavorable. people who ran as tea party candidates before are no longer running as tea party candidates. they are dropping that from how they describe themselves. so i thin
missouri, indiana, north dakota, arizona, and nevada and maine. >> right. >> six states where tea party candidates won the primary and in indiana, if richard luger had beaten in the primary, there would be no race in the fall. the democrats would have no chance. but because tea party candidates prevailed in that state, there's a chance that -- five of them would be pickups. clair mack kccaskill who everyo assumed was dead. >> based on current polling, i don't think one can say...
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hits iowa and nevada for the second day. joining me now nbc news deputy political editor dominico montenero. what you are doing is interesting. putting together scenarios of how the president might hit the magic number or governor romney. first up today, the president. you talk about colorado a lot and not -- what does chuck todd say? flova. i vowed i would not say that. that may not be the magic word. >> there's a path we're saying that president obama could win the election without winning florida, ohio or virginia but that map takes him out west and in the industrial midwest has to do well but taking ohio out of the scenario, if obama were to win wisconsin and iowa, as well as nevada where he's favored currently, that would leave us colorado. if romney wins florida, ohio and virginia, you would be sitting at 266 for romney, 263 for obama and we could be up very late on election night looking to see what happens out west in colorado, 1:00, 2:00 in the morning for us to be able to say who the president of the united states
hits iowa and nevada for the second day. joining me now nbc news deputy political editor dominico montenero. what you are doing is interesting. putting together scenarios of how the president might hit the magic number or governor romney. first up today, the president. you talk about colorado a lot and not -- what does chuck todd say? flova. i vowed i would not say that. that may not be the magic word. >> there's a path we're saying that president obama could win the election without...
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thank you, nevada! once again, i am here to -- to make sure that you listen to me this time and obey when i tell you don't clap until i'm finished. nobody listened to me last time. but i do have to give special thanks to all of the people that made this happen. by the way, the most people i need to thank are all the volunteers. a big thank you. >> you are watching this right now. this has got to be, this wife, this spouse, who seems very regular and very loose, actually compared to her husband, must be a big asset in this race. steve schmidt? >> yeah, i was just thinking that. she is an enormous asset in this race. she comes across as down to earth, she is very good, big smile on her face. totally warms up her husband. and i, think the campaign obviously understand that. that's why she is out there right now. she is going to be -- she is going to be a person i think front and center for a lot of this campaign. particularly as he moves forward becoming the nominee of the party. >> i was thinking working
thank you, nevada! once again, i am here to -- to make sure that you listen to me this time and obey when i tell you don't clap until i'm finished. nobody listened to me last time. but i do have to give special thanks to all of the people that made this happen. by the way, the most people i need to thank are all the volunteers. a big thank you. >> you are watching this right now. this has got to be, this wife, this spouse, who seems very regular and very loose, actually compared to her...
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in nevada, they paid them directly. in the four other state, they gave the states money for the purpose of hiring the company so the states wouldn't have to worry about voter registration. the national party told the states to hire the company, gave the states the money to do it. so this company, the good people of the republican headquarters, they had it under control. now the republican party has fired that company. and there is no republican plan b for registering voters in these five swing states because that one company was the only company. the republican party's only plan for voter registration. that's all the r more remarkable. the republican party knew when they decided to put all their eggs in this basket this was a troubled basket to be putting its eggs in. the company exists as strategic allied consulting. because the republican party told the lead consultant who runs the company he would need to come up with a new corporate name because under his old corporate names, under the old company names he was doing
in nevada, they paid them directly. in the four other state, they gave the states money for the purpose of hiring the company so the states wouldn't have to worry about voter registration. the national party told the states to hire the company, gave the states the money to do it. so this company, the good people of the republican headquarters, they had it under control. now the republican party has fired that company. and there is no republican plan b for registering voters in these five swing...
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but it's not clear that he's going to play in nevada. he hasn't written a check we know of yet for the gingrich super pac. grich has an uphill battle having come out of florida with the loss. we'll see what his crowds look like. he's going to arrive for rallies later this afternoon. we'll see whether he has the organization. this has been a big question for newt gingrich whether he could build this and all the other states. mitt romney had that advantage not just in place like nevada where there is this mormon vote but all the other states coming up. >> ron paul is also playing. there. that does it for this edition of andr"andrea mitchell reports." tomorrow on the show, indiana governor mitch daniels, a star in the republican party joining us here. plus south dakota june that you know, a romney supporter. and all things nevada with john rolls ralston from the las vegas sun. my colleague tamron hall has a look what's next on news nation. great job on the election exit polls. >> that means so much from you. thank you very much. the latest
but it's not clear that he's going to play in nevada. he hasn't written a check we know of yet for the gingrich super pac. grich has an uphill battle having come out of florida with the loss. we'll see what his crowds look like. he's going to arrive for rallies later this afternoon. we'll see whether he has the organization. this has been a big question for newt gingrich whether he could build this and all the other states. mitt romney had that advantage not just in place like nevada where...
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in nevada. the choice of the republican establishment in the state of nevada. she lost to this person. >> will you answer some questions really quickly? >>> i have to go. >> you don't have any --. >> we're running behind. >> you're not willing to answer what second amendment remedies means? >>> sharon angle lost to harry reid in that senate race. obviously. nevada republicans are a mess. they have been a mess for quite a few years now, nevada republicans inability to get it together, to get out the vote for sharon engel, who was ahead, the most famous republican in the states castrating cats in las vegas and talking to local columnists, the nevada's part pure fecklessness is what makes it so interesting. in a year defined by anti-establishment feeling in the party, in nevada we have something unique going on. in nevada there is no establishment. the ron paul campaign has been saying for weeks now their strategy is to do well in nevada and other states that have caucuses. their strategy to take advantage of the organizational strength and rack up as many delegat
in nevada. the choice of the republican establishment in the state of nevada. she lost to this person. >> will you answer some questions really quickly? >>> i have to go. >> you don't have any --. >> we're running behind. >> you're not willing to answer what second amendment remedies means? >>> sharon angle lost to harry reid in that senate race. obviously. nevada republicans are a mess. they have been a mess for quite a few years now, nevada...
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plus, on to nevada with newt gingrich focused. but will his big money donor follow with his cash after that huge lawsuit in florida? >>>. >> and and as always in parting, we wish you love, peace, and soul. >> new information on death of tv legend don cornelius, dead at the age of 75. we look back on how peace love and soul changed tv. plus cornelius and the reverend al sharpton, 36 years ago, and what the reverend said today about the loss of his friend. and the "news nation" gut check. planned parenthood as 0ds with the nation's leading breast cancer charity, susan g. komen for the cure accusing that charity of bowing to anti-abortion activists. >> and everyone, i'm tamron hall. we're following mitt romney trying to clarify a comment he made earlier today, less than 24 hours after winning the florida primary, romney said in an interview with cnn he didn't care about the very poor but he then emphasized he wants to concentrate on the middle class. here's what he said. >> there's no question. it's not good being poor and we have a
plus, on to nevada with newt gingrich focused. but will his big money donor follow with his cash after that huge lawsuit in florida? >>>. >> and and as always in parting, we wish you love, peace, and soul. >> new information on death of tv legend don cornelius, dead at the age of 75. we look back on how peace love and soul changed tv. plus cornelius and the reverend al sharpton, 36 years ago, and what the reverend said today about the loss of his friend. and the "news...
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i don't think anybody in the state of nevada or the united states wants to continue overpayments to insurance companies but by restricting and ending those overpayments we extended the life of medicare by nine years. >> the interesting thing about your opponent is he voted for the early version of the ryan plan which is the more aggressive which would have turned all of medicare for those under 55 into the voucher program. he voted for the second version which was the more moderate version. he has a strange record on this. >> well, look. there's a lot to do with political expediency. he voted twice, not once to turn it over. that's not going to work in this state. >> the reason i played that clip is because dean heller realized the second time he ended up passing the ryan budget he realized he had to run for re-election. he didn't vote for the ryan budget. even though it moved to the left. it offers seniors a choice. to me, if you're going to say what happened a month ago that switched things, i think it's ryan. i think ryan on the ticket has made this -- and for some reason strategically rep
i don't think anybody in the state of nevada or the united states wants to continue overpayments to insurance companies but by restricting and ending those overpayments we extended the life of medicare by nine years. >> the interesting thing about your opponent is he voted for the early version of the ryan plan which is the more aggressive which would have turned all of medicare for those under 55 into the voucher program. he voted for the second version which was the more moderate...
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let's talk about nevada, mitt romney has done well with groups that he has not traditionally done well with. he got 49% of the very conservative vote and 50% of the tea party and 64% of the white evangelic evangelicals. is this turning around for him? >> i would not say based on the nevada revada results because s accounted for a quarter of the republican vote. and a lot of mormons call themselves conservative and they were voting for romney at a 90% clip. it like reading into new hampshire too much, where it was his second home state t more interesting story going forward is i'm ready to say it's turned around, and romney has it in the bag if and when he wins southern states. we have been assuming gingrich is a the big challenger there but what will be interesting is if santorum wins in those shorten state -- in those south states. >> i do not think that romney can sit back and relax, his only benefit is that the other people have not organized themselves and gotten together to stop him yet and his other person is the reason his negatives are so high is not because the candidates are
let's talk about nevada, mitt romney has done well with groups that he has not traditionally done well with. he got 49% of the very conservative vote and 50% of the tea party and 64% of the white evangelic evangelicals. is this turning around for him? >> i would not say based on the nevada revada results because s accounted for a quarter of the republican vote. and a lot of mormons call themselves conservative and they were voting for romney at a 90% clip. it like reading into new...
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turn out was quite low in nevada. lower than they thought. that could potentially not work in romney's favor. we'll have to see. >> with newt gingrich, he's finishing fourth. anybody, paul or gingrich, beginning fourth place finish explainable tonight? >> yes, i think they will try to explain it. i think in gingrich's case it's i'm in this for a delegate hunt. the winner will take credit for winning. i don't expect to see anyone dropping out. at this point it would be difficult to understand anyone dropping out before super tuesday which is the next set of meaningful races. >> thank you much. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." tamron hall has a look at what's next on "news nation." what have you got? >>> coming up, obama campaign advisor, joins us. jonathan kohn from the new republic will join me. he says they're already paying for birth control when you sfwut the insurance pot with your company. we'll talk to him about that, and how this is really affecting employees and the debate. >>> the entire staff at a los ange
turn out was quite low in nevada. lower than they thought. that could potentially not work in romney's favor. we'll have to see. >> with newt gingrich, he's finishing fourth. anybody, paul or gingrich, beginning fourth place finish explainable tonight? >> yes, i think they will try to explain it. i think in gingrich's case it's i'm in this for a delegate hunt. the winner will take credit for winning. i don't expect to see anyone dropping out. at this point it would be difficult to...
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we're talking 3% back on gas. >>> in 24 hours nevada gets to have their field. but despite mitt romney's rough week, trying to recover from his gaffe about poor people, he still managed to snatch donald trump's endorsement, support he somewhat awkwardly accepted. >> there are some things you just can't imagine happening in your life. this is one of them. being in donald trump's magnificent hotel and having his endorsement is a delight. >> i'm sure delight. deedee myers, former clinton administration press secretary, nbc's white house correspondent, my partner over there, one of my partners, mike. i'm going to get to romney in a minute. nevada business, every county gets to have its own poll opening and closing time? >> we didn't have anything to do with that. that's local. >> you're taking no responsibilities? >> it is -- >> he just threw the republican party under the bus. >> they had a prime time spot in january, they wanted to move to february, and you get what you get. >> well, no. they were getting edged out. in their fairness, they actually picked a better
we're talking 3% back on gas. >>> in 24 hours nevada gets to have their field. but despite mitt romney's rough week, trying to recover from his gaffe about poor people, he still managed to snatch donald trump's endorsement, support he somewhat awkwardly accepted. >> there are some things you just can't imagine happening in your life. this is one of them. being in donald trump's magnificent hotel and having his endorsement is a delight. >> i'm sure delight. deedee myers,...
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it's a huge problem in nevada. the housing crisis is enormous there. so, yeah, i think people will pay attention. whether it becomes law or not -- >> i think the question is whether it's meat on the bones as maggie was saying. i think to boehner's point, this is, you know, the fourth of or at least four of these housing policy initiatives, none of which have had any accumulative effect. so it is a question of sort of like throwing it out there. 3,000 extra dollars that you're not going to get because the republicans are not going to let us g it. is that an actual conversation? >> energy, immigration, deficit reduction. the only way to make a solution has got to be bipartisan. there's nothing moving bipartisan. the house republicans have their idea, the senate, the republican presidential candidates have their ideas. >> maybe a third party. >> maybe a third party. but in the short term without a can-do filthy rich candidate, there's no way that any of these things are anything but talking points for the election, and the voters deserve better than that.
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we hope to get on john raulson out of nevada. this is interesting for many reasons, and i wanted to talk specific alally about nevada wh the foreclosures are high and unemployment rate is high. latinos in that state could help president obama win it in a significant way. let's see what we see in regarding the white vote and in a key state like nevada the latino vote being the difference. >> if everybody recalls the election of 2010, when reid was running against sharon inkeningle, all the polls showed engel was ahead by significant margins. what happened was at the end of the day when you looked at the scorecard, latinos went in favor to harry reid 9-10. that was because sharon engel's campaign was so egregious when it came to the latino votes. pollsters feel that la tyne notices won't turn out, and a lot of working class latinos are cell phones. this is the dreary part of polling. you often miss a big swath of potential when it comes to voting to the new voter, which is not only latinos but women and youth. what we're going to s
we hope to get on john raulson out of nevada. this is interesting for many reasons, and i wanted to talk specific alally about nevada wh the foreclosures are high and unemployment rate is high. latinos in that state could help president obama win it in a significant way. let's see what we see in regarding the white vote and in a key state like nevada the latino vote being the difference. >> if everybody recalls the election of 2010, when reid was running against sharon inkeningle, all the...